• A task force recommended the city set up a separate Ambulance Association to operate the city’s ambulance services when the fire department stops running it as of Jan. 1, 1990.

2003—10 years ago

• About 400 area residents gathered in the community center for a prayer service honoring local soldiers fighting in Iraq.

• The Redwood Falls Assemblies of God congregation moved into its new quarters at the corner of Northwood Drive and County Road 101.

• Mary Paffrath, former co-owner of the Paffrath Hardware Store in Redwood Falls, celebrated her 106th birthday in Mesa, Arizona. She first moved to Redwood Falls in 1906, traveling with her family in a covered wagon.

• For the 10th year in a row, Reede Gray Elementary School’s fourth grade school patrol was named outstanding, scoring 97 out of a possible 100 points in their efforts to keep the students safe at traffic crossings.

Page 2 of 2 - • Minnesota West Community and Technical College began offering several college-level courses in Redwood Falls, partnering with the community education program in the high school.